Phonograph and the like.



1. H: DICKINSON PHONOGRAPH AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED FE B. 10.Hi6.

Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

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PHONOGRAPH AND THE LIKE.

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Be it known that l, Josrirrr' l'llonrnn Dron- INsoN, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at (.lranford, in the county of Union and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPhonorra-phs and the like, of which the following is aspecilication.

lvly present invention relates to improvements in phonographs and thelike and more particularly relates to means for automati-- callycontrolling the lighting of the record playing compartment of thecabinet from the opening and closing of the lid. The ad vantages of thisand other improvements forming the subject of my present invention Willhe apparent to those chilled in the art from on understanding of thefollowing de scription in connection With the drawings.

In the drawings, Fig-are lie a regimen tcry plan View oi therecordplaying coinpartment of a phonograph cabinet embody inp; myimprovements, the lid not being shown.

hinged; Whereas the front ol the cabinet is hrolren away.) Fig. 2 is afront to hack vertical section through the left hand portion of thecabinet of Fig". 1. looking toward the left. The lid of the cabinet isshown in this View propped up in its open position. Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail of a portion of Fig. 2; Fig. t is a vertical section onthe line in Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 0 isan enlarged rertical sectional. View of the lamp, light shield andreflector shown also at the right in Fig. l, rmrtly in horizontalsection end plan.

Describing not the specific embodiment of my invention shown in thedrawings 1 is the body portion of the phonograph rohinet, 2 its lidhinged to the body at 3.

(Fig. 4 is the board ordeck forming the bottom of the record playingcompartment wherein are located the recordsupporting turntahleh, thetone-arin- 6 and sordid-box 7. At the left (see ll'ig. 1) this board hason opening through it covered by a slotted plate 8 (compare El) through.which Worlrs the Ilidtop ll. The plate 8 has side portion 8 (compare F4;} hent downwardly therefrom to which two parts specification ofhetters Patent.

(In Fig. l the top of the figure is, the baclr of the cabinet to whichthelid is the lid.

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10 and 11 are screwed or riveted, these parts being preferably made ofWood, fiber, hard ruhher of other noise-deadening material when.operated. against or struck loy the lower end of the prop l) as willhereafter appear.

The upper end of the prop 9 is pivoted at 12 to a bracket 13 secured tothe inside of the hollow lid 52,-see Fig. 9. The parts 10 and 11 arespaced apart and so shaped as to pro vide. an irregularly shaped passage14 between them,--see Figs. 2 and 3. The lower end of the prop 9 (Figs.2 and 4) has a transverse pin 15 therein which passes through said.passage ll in the operation. of the prop. Thus as the lid2y is raised,the prop 9 of course lifts with it and its pin lli follows up theinclined side ll' qof the part 11 which guidesitintothe mouth-orfronte1'1d(l*igs. 2 and Elle-f the passagel. Continued liftil of theilli d andprop, carries the pin 15 up into the passage lfuntil it strikesagainst the depending; projection. 16 (Fig. 3) on the part 10. Thisnotifies the. operator that the lid has been tullyraised. Upon relcosingthe lid, it drops slightly carrying the pin down into the notch or fork.17 (Fig. 3) of the part 11 which thereupon supports the prop cud lid inraised position. To lower and close the lid, the operator first lifts itslightly and then lowers it into shut position. The first or liftingstep. carries the pin 15 upwardly out of the fork and rear- Wardly untilit strikes against the projection 1-8 (Fig. 3); andthc second or lower111g step earrles the pin downwardly out of the rear or delivery-end ofthe passage 14 and thence downwardly Within the cabinet to the fullextent to permit the shutting of Unreopening the lid, the pin 15 tillfollows through. the same cycle justde--' scribed, first following upthe incline 11 and so on. The purpose of the inclined tailpiece ll is tocompel the pin to traverse the passage 14: described instead of in thereverse direction.

This completes the description of the lidprop illustrated hut it will heunderstood that this specific form of "the prop is not essential to myinvention. Proceeding now with the description of my invention :---19 ison elect-ricdight bulb in a socket 20 mounted on the dech". t (compareFig. 5) et the rie ht This socket is side l.

wired to the source of current supply (not underlying one end of theprop-pin 15 when "supporting the lid in elevated position by resting inthe fork 17 (Fig. 3} as in Fig. 2'. The opposite end 23 (Fig. 2} .of thestrip 23 is twisted into a horizontal plane and provided with a holethrough which the plunger 22 projects. The plunger is therescrew-threaded and a pair of hemispherical nets 25-25 engage thesethreads on opposite sides of the end 23* of the lever and form a pivotal(yet adjustable) operating connection between said lever and the plungerof the switch. lhe arrangement is such that when the lid is in itspropped-open position of Fig. 2, said prop not only sup ports the lidbut also bears down on the ever 2-3 and pulls out the plunger of theswitch which then connects the lampl9 with. he current-scarce. Thusraising the lid nto propped-position automatically lights he lamp. Onthe other hand the act of releasing the prop to lower the lid,automatically extinguishes the light long before the lid is closed, sothat the operator has the satisfaction of knowing that the'light is outand is not indefinitely consuming current while the lid is closed. Thus26 is a spiral spring connected under tension to the lever 23 so as toforce the switch-plungerfifi in the direction of cutting oh the currentthe moment the prop-pin 15 is lifted ed the lug 23 4i and Fig.described.

Finally it will be noted that a combined eye-protector and reflector 27is provided in connection with the electric lamp 19 shown as consistingof a preferably metal its upper end closed so that the light cannotshine up directly into the eyes of the operator leaning over therecord-playing COIH- partment of the instrument. A horizontallyelongated portion is removed from the side of the'tube suilicient tothrow the light simultaneously on the sound-box in its record-playingpositions as well as on the needle-tray or receptacles 28. This directsthe light first where it'is wanted-either to get a new needle, or toapply it to the sound box, or to adjust the latter to the beginning ofthe record-groove, or to the end thereof as'apreliininary to the settingof an automatic stopf Further the reflector 1s preferably rotor"light-means to and from the current,

2) of the lever 23 as tube with bri at rellectin interior havin'einterior deck and a neonate permit the desired lateral adjustment of thebeam of light.

What I claim is 1. In combination, a phonograph cabinet having aninterior deck and niovably connected lid, a prep for said lid connectedto the same to move therewith, electric light means for lighting theinterior of 'SEllCl cabinet, and means located below said deck andoperated by the movement of said prop into lid-supporting position toautomatically switch on the light-means.

2. In combination, a phonograph cabinet having an interior deck and amovably connected lid, a prop for said. lid connected to the same tomove therewith, electric light means for lighting the interior of saidcabinet, and means located below said deck and. operated by the movementof said prop into lid-supporting position to automatically switch on thelight-means and otherwise to switch it oil'.

3. In combination, a phonograph cabinet having an interior deck and ainovably connected lid, a prep for said lid connected to the same tomove therewith, electric light means for lighting the interior of saidcabinet, and a switch located. beneath said deck for connecting anddisconnecting the said switch being normally in disconnecting"condition, and being shifted into connecting condition by the movementof the prop into lid-supporting position.

4-. In combination, a phonograph cabinet having an interior deck andaniovably corn nccted lid, a prop for said lid connected to the same tomove therewith, electric light means for lighting the interior of saidcabinet, a switch located beneath said deck for connecting anddisconnecting thelightmeans to and from the current, and nieansconnected with said switch and caused to be pressed in one direction tooperate the switch, by the movement of said prop into lid-snpportingposition.

In combination, a phonograph cabinet having an interior deck and amovably con nected lid, a prop for said lid connected to the same tomove therewith, electric light means for lighting the interior of saidcabinet, a switch located beneath said deck for connecting anddisconnecting the lightmeans to and from. the current, means connectedwith said switch and caused to be ,pressed in one direction to operatethe switch, bythe movement of said prop into lid-supporting position,and means which when not opposed by the crop operates the switchreversely.

6: In combination, a phonograph having an movably' connected lid; amember connected to the lid to move there Corrections in Letters PatentNo. 1,242,155.

It is hereby certified that in LeLLers Patent. No. 1,242,155, grantedOctober 9, 1917, upon the application of Joseph Hunter Dickinson, ofCranford, New Jersey, for an improvement in "Phrmngraphs and the Like,"errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction asfollows: Page 1, line 5!], for the compound word lid-twp" read lid-prop;page 2, line 124, duim for the word "orop" reed prop; and that. the saidLetters Patent, should be read with these corrections therein that thesame may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 29th day of January, A. D., 19154v mu. 1:. F.\\III'1I-.HEAI),

Acting Commissioner of Patmta.

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